Sunday, July 5, 2009

Vancouver

Travis had to go to Canada to renew his work visa, so I tagged along for a trip to Vancouver, British Columbia - and we took a 24-hour trip over to Victoria too. BC is GORGEOUS.

We got to know this bridge pretty well...

















The ferry to Victoria:

On the ferry (wishing I had sunglasses...)










In Victoria:




Found a cute little place for lunch:

Darth Vader playing the violin on the street:





"Sea Stars" (starfish):




i had NO idea how big octopus can be:


gorgeous! we walked around all evening:







Had so much fun we decided to stay the night in Victoria -
here was our last-minute, 2-level hotel room... with the PERFECT view of the water :) We even had Travis' friends over late-night, it was like our little home!





Views from the ferry - there was a chance of seeing sea critters (otters, whales, etc), but no such luck :( Still, it was very relaxing (but windy!)









Views from the airplane back to Houston...







(I love that the last pic is snow-capped mountains!)

Sunday, May 31, 2009

Day 15 (Paris)

Last day in Paris...
We got up really early to wait in line trying to get tickets to the French Open. No luck :(



We got some pastries and had a nice little breakfast in a park :)



Amazing old architecture. You won't find this in Houston...


The prettiest bathrooms EVER.
(and the toliet paper was pink!)


An old Mini and a new Mini.


Long walk ahead...




The view was worth it!